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This photo shows D-LZ- 129 Hindenburg on its inaugural flight between Freidrichshafen and Lakehurst. Depicted in the photo is Coast Guard RD Spica.

The Coast Guard Magazine published a cropped version of this exact photo and included the following information in its caption: "A fleet of Coast Guard Amphibians took off from Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N.Y., to locate and escort the "VON HINDENBURG" [sic] to Lakehurst and to enforce the special Department of Commerce regulations requiring all private and commercial planes to keep clear. The ADHARA, piloted by Lieut. Wm. Schissler, with Calvin A. Chinnis, CRM, L. C. Smith, AMM1c sighted the Zeppelin and escorted her to Lakehurst accompanied by Amphibian SPICA, Lieut. Fahey, J. E. Coker, Radio Electrician; Lonnie Bridges, ACCM from Capt May Air Station; Amphibian CAPELLA, Lieut. Lyons; A. T. Cook, AMM1c; Leadbeater, RM1c and Joseph, AMM3c." Coast Guard Magazine, Vol. 9 (July, 1936), p. 4.